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Image: The Flexicult SSI-Urinary Kit is a chromogenic agar allowing identification, quantification and susceptibility testing of Urinary Tract Infection pathogens (Photo courtesy of SSI DIagnostica).

POC Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Evaluated in General Practice

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common condition in general practice and the second leading cause for the prescribing of antibiotics. Urine culture gives a definite answer for UTI in the symptomatic patient. More...
16 Nov 2017
Image: A digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a large group of orange-colored, rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis (TB) in human beings (Photo courtesy of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).

Glutaraldehyde Test Evaluated for Rapid Tuberculosis Diagnosis

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and the primary method for controlling TB is the rapid and accurate identification of infected individuals. More...
16 Nov 2017
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Image: The LC UltiMate 3000 high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system coupled with an LTQ Velos Pro mass spectrometry system (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific).

New Methods Developed to Diagnose TB and HIV

The bacteria responsible for tuberculosis (TB) can lurk in a person's lung tissue for decades before producing active, infectious TB disease and it is estimated that a third of the global population may have such dormant infections, with 5% to 10% progressing to active disease. Detecting TB is notoriously challenging. More...
15 Nov 2017
Image: The Solana RSV + hMPV Assay is a rapid qualitative in vitro diagnostic test for the detection and differentiation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) viral RNA (Photo courtesy of Quidel).

RSV Plus Human Metapneumovirus Assay Approved

Viral infections are the most frequent causes of morbidity and mortality due to respiratory dysfunction worldwide, especially in children under five years of age. Several studies have reported the association of Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) with acute respiratory infection. More...
09 Nov 2017
Image: A Schistosoma japonicum egg in feces (unstained, high power). The eggs of this fluke are smaller than those of S. mansoni and S. haematobium. They are ovoid and have a thin, clear shell and a spine or hook-like structure that may be inconspicuous (Photo courtesy of Florida Gulf Coast University).

Droplet Digital PCR Detects Schistosomiasis DNA in Samples

Schistosoma japonicum is the only human blood fluke that occurs in China and Philippines and also in Sri Lanka. It is the cause of schistosomiasis japonica, a disease that still remains a significant health problem especially in lake and marshland regions. More...
08 Nov 2017
Image: The Applied Biosystems 7500 Real-Time PCR systems offer high performance, multicolor real-time polymerase chain reactions (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific).

Molecular Assay Rapidly Detects Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever Virus (CCHFV) is a rapidly emerging vector-borne pathogen and the cause of a virulent hemorrhagic fever affecting large parts of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. More...
08 Nov 2017
Image: A scanning electron photomicrograph of Streptococcus mutans; these bacteria are found in cases of infective endocarditis (Photo courtesy of Dr. David Phillips).

New Method Helps Rule Out Heart Valve Infection

If a blood sample shows the presence of what is known as alpha-streptococci, there is a risk that the person suffers from infective endocarditis, a heart valve infection and it is an inflammation of the inner tissues of the heart, the endocardium, usually of the valves. More...
08 Nov 2017
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